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Biden & Feinstein Lied About Fewer Police Deaths During the AWB
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<blockquote data-quote="Raoul Duke" data-source="post: 2093807" data-attributes="member: 27529"><p><a href="http://factcheck.org/2013/01/biden-wrong-on-police-deaths/" target="_blank">Biden Wrong On Police Deaths</a></p><p></p><p><em>In an online interview promoted by the White House, Vice President Joe Biden made the false claim that there were fewer police being murdered when the assault weapons ban, in fact, was in existence. But the FBI statistics on killings of law enforcement officers show no such trend.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>In fact, the number of officers killed when the ban was still in effect in 2002 56 is the same number as in 2010. The numbers have fluctuated, but theres no discernible pattern before, after or during the assault weapons ban.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>California Sen. Dianne Feinstein made a related claim on CBS Face the Nation on Jan. 27, saying: Do you realize that 1 out of every 5 law enforcement officers thats killed is killed with an assault weapon? That statistic comes from data collected from 1998 through 2001, when the assault weapons ban was in effect. Her comment may have left the wrong impression with some viewers that the 1-in-5 statistic applied to officer killings now and that a weapons ban might lower those numbers.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>She was accurately citing a report from the pro-gun control Violence Policy Center. But the report is old, and was based on officer killings when the assault weapons ban was in effect. Feinsteins comment may well have left the impression with viewers that her statistic applied to officer killings now, and that a weapons ban might lower those numbers.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>A 2003 report by the Violence Policy Center, titled Officer Down, showed that assault weapons were used in 20 percent of the 211 law enforcement officer killings between Jan. 1, 1998, and Dec. 31, 2001. Thats 1 in 5. Again, the assault weapons ban was in effect from September 1994 through September 2004.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>We asked VPC if it had more recent data, or if it had updated its report since 2003. A press officer sent us information on weapons used to kill law enforcement officers in 2009, data VPC obtained after filing a Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI. Of the 48 officers killed, VPC notes that eight were killed with assault weapons. Thats 17 percent, or 1 in 6</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raoul Duke, post: 2093807, member: 27529"] [URL="http://factcheck.org/2013/01/biden-wrong-on-police-deaths/"]Biden Wrong On Police Deaths[/URL] [I]In an online interview promoted by the White House, Vice President Joe Biden made the false claim that there were fewer police being murdered when the assault weapons ban, in fact, was in existence. But the FBI statistics on killings of law enforcement officers show no such trend. In fact, the number of officers killed when the ban was still in effect in 2002 56 is the same number as in 2010. The numbers have fluctuated, but theres no discernible pattern before, after or during the assault weapons ban. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein made a related claim on CBS Face the Nation on Jan. 27, saying: Do you realize that 1 out of every 5 law enforcement officers thats killed is killed with an assault weapon? That statistic comes from data collected from 1998 through 2001, when the assault weapons ban was in effect. Her comment may have left the wrong impression with some viewers that the 1-in-5 statistic applied to officer killings now and that a weapons ban might lower those numbers. She was accurately citing a report from the pro-gun control Violence Policy Center. But the report is old, and was based on officer killings when the assault weapons ban was in effect. Feinsteins comment may well have left the impression with viewers that her statistic applied to officer killings now, and that a weapons ban might lower those numbers. A 2003 report by the Violence Policy Center, titled Officer Down, showed that assault weapons were used in 20 percent of the 211 law enforcement officer killings between Jan. 1, 1998, and Dec. 31, 2001. Thats 1 in 5. Again, the assault weapons ban was in effect from September 1994 through September 2004. We asked VPC if it had more recent data, or if it had updated its report since 2003. A press officer sent us information on weapons used to kill law enforcement officers in 2009, data VPC obtained after filing a Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI. Of the 48 officers killed, VPC notes that eight were killed with assault weapons. Thats 17 percent, or 1 in 6[/I] [/QUOTE]
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